Knockdown barrel



j v N A. GIBBONS KNOCKDOWN BARREL Filed March 8 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 N.A. GIBBONS KNOCKDOWN BARREL Filed March 8, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2"Patented May 13, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN ALLEN GIBBONS, OF MARTINS FERRY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO. WHITAKER-GLESSNER COMPANY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF WESTVIRGINIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN ALLEN GIB- BONS, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and resident of Martins Ferry, county of 6 Belmont,and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inKnockdown Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to metallic- 1 barrels and similarcontainers, and more particularly to a barrel of collapsible, orknock-down, type.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensiveand improved 15 form of knock-down metallic barrel, the

same being conveniently set up and taken apart as occasion requires and,when. set up and closed, possessing great rigidity and strength.

A further object is to provide a barrel embodying staves of light sheetmetal and having a detachable head and chime structure whereby saidstaves are supported and reinforced to the extent that they aremaintained 2 rigidly against collapse.

With this and other objects in view, the invention resides in thefeatures of construc= tion, arrangement of parts and combinations ofelements which will hereinafter be de- 30 scribed, reference being hadto'the accompanying drawings, in which- 7 Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a barrel embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a central vertical section of the as same; J

Figure 3 is a central horizontal section of the same;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the chime;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a stave;

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail section of a fragmentary portion of anend of the barrel with the head and chime in place;

Figure 7 is a plan view of the metal blank 45 from which the stave shownin Fig. 5 is formed;

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a modified form of stave;

Figure 9 is a plan view of the blank from ea which said modified staveis formed;

Figure 10 is an end view of the stave shown in Fig. 8;

posite ends of said body.

'in Fig. 7 in which the lateral edges 2 of the body 3 have a slightconvex curvature extending from end'to end thereof, and in-- tegraltongues 4 of suitable reduced Width extend from the central portions .ofthe op- In the formation of he stave 1, the said lateral edges 2 of theblank are turned or bent outward and inward to form hook like flanges 5.Thus, when two staves are placed in abutting relation, as 'shown inFigs. 3 and 12,.the adjacent flanges or hooks 5 thereof are adapted toreceive in interlocking relation thereto the op osite or reverselydirected hooks 6 of lock having a length correspondlng to that of saidhooks 5 and being 'slidable lengthwise along said hooks into and out ofinterlocking position.

The reduced tongues 1 have small outwardly pressed horizontal beads 7formed therein at points substantially midway of their lengths, and thechannel formed interiorly of the tongue in the production of said beadis designed to aline with the channels of ton ues of other stavesemployed in the formation of the barrel. whereby is constituted a,substantially continuous internal ing strips 6, said strips annularchannel. at each end of the barrel.

Said channel is designed for the reception of an external annular head 8pressed in the upright annular flange 9 ofa head 10 whereor chime 11 isfitted into embracing relation m1dlength of the latter. These to thetongues 4 and head flange 9, said chime being of saddle shape and havinga plain vertical inner member 11 designed to closely seat against theinternal face of the flange 9 and having the outer member 11 thereofdesigned to closely embrace the various tongues 4 for holding the latterfirmly against said head flange, said outer member having a channel 12pressed therein for the reception of the beads 7 of said tongues.

The chime 11 is of split ring form, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. One ofthe ends of said ring or chime has the inner member 11 thereof prolongedto form a tongue 13 which, when said chime is seated in place, projectsbetween the members 11" and 11 of the opposite end and has a bolt hole14 provided therein located in register with similar holes 15- providedin alined relation in said members. A small stove bolt 16 introducedthrough the alined holes will not only retain the chime ends in closedrelation, but will also cooperate with one or more additional suitablelocated bolts 17 for retaining said chime and the head 10 in theirseated positions. Said bolts 17, as also the bolt 16, are also directedthrough holes 18 and 19 provided, respectively, in the intermediatehead-flange 9 and stave-tongue 4, as is shown in Fig. 6.

In the formation of the modified stave shown in'Figs. 8, l0 and 11, astraight edged blank body 3? is employed, and the end portions of saidblank are rendered slightly tapered in form by the provision of suitablyformed corrugations 20 extending from the opposite ends of the stave topoints near the corrugations are turned over and flattened inthe form ofcrimps 21 in the tongue portions 4 of the stave, somewhat in the mannershown in What is claimed is- 1. A sheet-metal barrel comprising staveshaving lateral outwardly turned hook-like flanges, locking strips havinglateral inturned flanges interlocking the flanges of adjacent staves,said strips being slidable lengthwise into and out of interlockingrelation to said stave-flanges, each stave having form a tongue and thetongues of said staves having horizontal outwardly pressed beads formedtherein whereby is constituted an internal annularchanne'l, a headhaving an upright annular flange fitted closely within the embrace ofsaid tongues, said flange having an outwardly pressed bead for seatingin said channel, a saddle-like chime fitted over and embracing saidtongues and the head flanges, the outer member of said chime beingchanneled interiorly to conformably fit upon the beads of said tonguesand means detachably securing said chime in position.

2. A sheet-metal barrel comprising staves having lateral outwardlyturned hooklike flanges, locking strips having lateral inturned flangesinterlocking the flanges of adjacent staves, said strips being slidablelengthwise into and out of interlocking relation to said stave-flanges,each stave having its end reduced in form a tongue and the tongues ofsaid staves having horizontal outwardly pressed beads formed thereinwhereby is constituted an internal annular channel, a head having anupright annular flange fitted closely within the embrace of saidtongues, said flange hav- 1ng an outwardly pressed bead for seating insaid channel, a saddle-like chime fitted over and embracing said tonguesand the head flanges, the outer member of said chime being channeledinteriorly to conform-ably fit upon the beads of said tongues, saidchime being of split-ring form and having a tongue at one end thereoffor fitting between the inner and outer members of the opposite endthereof, and detachable means for securing said chime in its seatedposition.

3. A sheet-metal barrel comprising staves having lateral outwardlyturned hook-like flanges, turned flanges interlocking the flanges ofadjacent staves, said strips being slidable lengthwise into and out oftion to said stave-flanges, its end reduced in width and prolon ed toform a tongue and the tongues 0 said staves having horizontal outwardlypressed beads formed therein whereby is constituted an internal annularchannel, a head having each stave having width and prolonged to vlocking strips having lateral in interlocking relaan upright annularflange fitted closely fitting between the inner and outer members itsend reduced in width and prolonged to NATHAN ALLEN GIBBON S. WVitnesses:

H. E. DUNLAP, M. T. MANION.

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